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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, albeit in Britain, not France, when I heard that my beloved aunt had left her estate to her pampered feline, Prince. One in a long line of indulged cats that have sat mewling at the feet of our royal line, Prince had all but squandered my aunt's fortune with his profligate ways by the time she shuffled off this mortal coil. Determined to right this wrong, I, Lord Dargis — my aunt's only human heir and a gentle man unfairly branded 'nefarious' by shadowy agents — borrowed a chapter from the Book of Moses. Taking enormous care, I set the animal afloat on the Thames in a sturdy picnic basket, knowing that providence looks after all creatures great and small. Alas, through a series of inexplicable events, an obese American hairball named Garfield wrecked my campaign. Accompanied by a pallid human, Jon, and a charming canine named Odie, this monstrous orange tabby, after running amok in the castle, helped engineer the return of his look-alike. And so, once again, the animals of the estate have been forced into servitude by this wretched beast. The indignities are as enormous as the food bills, the American cat having only encouraged Prince in his native gluttony. — As Told to Manohla Dargis by Lord Dargis